Membership & Affiliations

Awards

Northern California Super Lawyers (2007 - 2014)

Norman H. Beamer

Retired Partner

Norman Beamer retired in 2013 with 35 years of experience representing patentees and those accused of infringement in all aspects of patent litigation relating to cellular telecommunications technologies, digital electronics, semiconductor processing, microprocessor architecture, software and Internet technology, and related technologies. He handled contractual agreements, licensing, re-examinations, patent applications, and copyright and trademark litigation. Norman has a lifetime background in mathematics, high energy physics, electrical engineering and business administration, as well as experience in acting, theatrical set design, and digital graphics. This eclectic combination of skills and interests gave him a unique ability to master the facts, law, and technology, while finding creative ways to solve problems and effectively present his case to the judge, jury, or other audience of fact finders.

Experience

Transmeta Corp. v. Intel Corp.: Spent six years consulting with and advising Transmeta on patent portfolio, followed by litigation. Case settled favorably for $250 million, which was the top patent damage settlement in 2007.

Ampex Corporation v. Sony; Ampex Corporation v. Kodak: Advised Ampex on a patent licensing program encompassing a number of patents related to digital still cameras. This resulted in over $100 million in royalties for the client.

Motorola v. Research In Motion. Represented Motorola, Inc. in a multi-jurisdictional dispute against BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion ("RIM"), including in the United States International Trade Commission, alleging infringement of patents directed to a wide range of telecommunications technology. Matter settled, resulting in significant royalties to Motorola.

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News

Ropes & Gray client Motorola Mobility, Inc. (“Motorola”) learned on April 23, 2012 that Administrative Law Judge David Shaw of the U.S. International Trade Commission issued an Initial Determination, based on a two week trial in January ...